The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 19, 1928, Page 8

a By Mail (in New York only): .0C per year ntered as second-clasa mail at the post-office at New York, N. ¥., Daily, Except Sunday First Street, New York, N. Y. Cable Address: SUBSCRIPTION RATES By hs $6.50 per year $2.00 three months. “Dalwork” $4.50 six mu $2.50 three months. Address and mail out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 33 First Street, New York, N. Y. .-ROBERT MINOR -WM. F. DUNNE the act of March 8, 1879. HONOR THE MEMORY OF HAYWOOD William D, Haywood is dead. A great proletarian revolutionist and leader of his- toric struggles of the American workers has passed out of existence... He died in Moscow after a severe illness last- ing'several years. Because of his illness and because he resided. in.the Soviet Union, due to a pending twenty-year jail sentence in America, Comrade Haywood has been out of the actual struggle in the United States for a period of over. six years. His name during the last six years of his life has. become a symbol and a tradition in the American Labor movement. Haywood, the militant adherent of the class struggle and leader of the old Western Federation of Miners, was. a true proletarian revolutionist. Born of a working class family, the son of a miner, he consistently stood. by the working class. A pioneer of industrial and militant unionism and founder of the Industrial Workers ofthe World, a fearless and devoted leader of the masses in'struggle against capitalist exploitation, Haywood was * an uncompromising enemy of Socialist Party reformism and: opportunism represented by Hillquit, Berger, etc. He was an uncompromising fighter against the reaction in the trade unions represented*by Green, Lewis, etc. He in atcepted enthusiastically the proletarian re lution Russia and eventually joined the ranks of the Communist International. For Haywood the transition from revolutionary Syn- dicalism to Communism was natural and inevitable. Like many another American militant and revolutionary I. W. $V. rnember, Haywood developed into a revolutionary syn- dicalist as a protest against the reactionary trade union- ism of Gompers, Lewis, Green and Woll, and against the . taiddle class politics and opportunism of the Bergers, the - ‘Hillquits.and the Maurers, etc. But Haywood did not stop halfway. Enlightened by the working-class politics which led to the victorious revolutionary struggle of the Russian workers under the leadership of the Communist Party and the correct trade union policy of the Communist Interna- tional; Haywood embraced Communism and the Commu- ‘nist International as the vehicle of true and complete working-class theory and practice. The death of Comrade Bill Haywood will come as a shock to. the tens of thousands of American workers who will-mourn the passing of one of the most splendid rep- resentatives of a militant generation of American pro- letarians....But they will take part in the growth of the “working. class revolutionary movement which Haywood served boldly and courageously. They will be strengthened by the faith in the ideal of working class liberation to which-Haywood gave his life. They will find consolation and compensation in actively joining the Communist move- ment ‘and continuing forward on the road which Bill Hay- wood travelled, Bill Haywood is dead. Like John Reed and’Charles RE. Ruthenberg his mortal remains will rest in the house of the First Workers’ Republic and the center of the world proletarian revolution. By this token, the ties between the working class of America and the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics will become stronger and their collabora- tion in struggle more secure. yee Let us commemorate the name and tradition of Bili -Haywood by concentrating on the struggle which domi- nated his life—the fight against. the capitalist system and for working-class rule under the leadership of the Com- “~tnunist Party of America and the Communist Interna- tional. Struggle against the Lewis, Green and Woll domina- tion in the labor movement and for the triumph of the ‘militant and left wing unionism in the United States! Carry further the fight against the middle-class socialist fe party politicians in the labor movement and for the victory of independent working-class political action! Extend ~-and strengthen the tie that binds the American workers roe th the workers of the Union of Socialist Soviet Repub- 3 and for the recognition and defense of the Soviet CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY OF AMERICA by the NATIONAL DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING ASS'’N, Inc. Phone, Orchard 1680 | Mail (outside of New York): $3.50 six months under | THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1928 = EE “LOVE AND AFFECTION FOR THE GOVERNOR” By Fred Ellis |gantic trust will be second in size Ri: Plan Combine Of Electrical Bosses in U.S. The greatest electric power and gas| combine the world has ever known is} announced by Wall Street through the National City Bank. The Consolidated Gas Company and the Brooklyn Edi- son Company will form a new trust, with $800,000,000 in assets. Commit- tees of both groups have been nego- tiating for this and representatives of the two corporations met jointly yes-| terday afternoon for final action.) This combination of the electric and gas companies of New York City, Long Island and Westchester means a billion dollar water-tight trust able to fleece the workingclass even more} than they have in the past. The gi- only to the American Telephone and! Telegraph Company, controlled by the Morgan interests, The utility magnates like Mellon, Brady, Ryan are experts in the field of organizations as are all the repre- sentatives of capitalist exploitation. They first invest heavily in a dozen different corporations which they| control. The financial threads cross and recross in a vast complicated network, across the United States and Europe. | | These threads are being pulled in, drawn together into immense trusts which sweep into the grip of these corporations millions of workers. Huge Profits. The American Telephone and Tele- graph Company reported a net ‘pcos of $33,474,000 for the quarter ending} March 31, 1928. Consolidated Gas Company reported in 1927, the latest figures, $42,273,77', paid out in dividends, The utility corporation is heading for one giant pool, to draw its power from Niagara Falls, the! St. Lawrence River and other sources, The gas and electric combine will then supply western New England,; New York, New Jersey, Delaware and! hook-up will include the Public Ser- |vice Company of New Jersey, the, United Gas Improvement Company 0?) Philadelphia, the Coppers Company of Pittsburgh and some of the upstate utilities. The United Gas Improve- ments recently combined with ‘the Philadelphia Electric Company which ?s dominated by the Mellon interests. By HERBERT ZAM. | The yaar 1928 promises to be the Pear in which large masses of young | workers in this country will be in- B troduced to politics. It depends on the advanced section of the working class, otganized and supporting the Workers (Communist) Party, wheth- er these young workers will take their |first steps in politics on the side of jthe workers or on the side of the | capitalists. The capitalists have already begun la campaign to get the young workers \to support their parties. They are |making a drive to enlist the services A\of the youth in their election cam- paign. They will offer the toiling youth phrases about “democracy,” “glorious country,” etc., but natural- ly will very carefully avoid saying anything about the low wages, the long hours, the miserable conditions that the young workers face in in- dustry. The young workers will be won if aA Communist movement comes for- By BERT RT MILLER. “To secure the public good and pri- vate rights against the danger of such a faction (meaning the majority of the population, B. M.) and at the same time preserve the spirit and the form of popular government is then the great object to which our inquiries are directed.”—James Madison. This fundamental principle laid down by the foremost theoretician of the period during which the Ameri- can government was established, is still the basis-of our present-day dem- ocracy. This is revealed with start- ling clearness in an article entitled “Wanted: A Slogan to Win an Elec- tion” in the New York Times of last Sunday, by Professor George B. Cut- ten, president of Colgate University. Hollow Slogan. - Commenting on the fact that the democratic party is seeking a good slogan for the coming election cam- | By SCOTT NEARING Zine producers from all parts of the world are meeting in Brussels to organize the zinc industry. Even the United States is represented. The meeting is significant. It is one event in a long chain that leads from local |economy to world economy. | Zine is one of the minor metals. It is, none the less, a very important. factor ia the mineral industry. World production of zinc totals about 1,200,000 tons each year. As in the case of so many other im- || portant mineral industries, the United States leads with 555,16 tons a year; i Pal ' \ ward as the champion of the interests of the young workers. Particularly is this important during electoral cam- paigns when the young workers are thinking about the events in the coun- try. The Communist movement must have an answer to every question that the young workers raise regarding their conditions. The Communist movement must offer to fight for the economic and political demands of the toiling youth. In supporting and fighting for the progress for social legislation for the young workers which the Young Workers (Commu- nist) League has issued, the Party will actually become the champion of | the needs of the young workers and rouse them to struggle. The masses of the young workers, young farmers and students are dis- franchised. The Communist move- ment must fight for their political en- franchisement. The demand for a vote for the youth 18 and over must penetrate the entire working class. ‘The young workers receive miserably low wages. The Communist move- ment fights for a minimum wage of paign, he asks, “What are the essen- tials of a good slogan?” and replies, “In the first place it should sound well and mean nothing definite.... The slogan should contain some in- definite term that means all things to all men and that each person can in- terpret for himself. Such terms as ‘Democracy,’ ‘Freedom,’ ‘Liberty,’ ‘Equality,’ ‘Oppression,’ ‘Fraternity,’ and other general terms that no one ican define, but of which every one thinks he knows the meaning, are most valuable.... Take for example one of the best slogans ever coined, Mr. Wilson’s, ‘Making the World Sate for Democracy.’ It sounds well and means nothing definite....It leads us into war where we can become ag- gressive under a philanthropic motive, and if people do not want to be made safe for democracy we can kill them ‘with a clear conscience, for it shows that they do not know what is good for themselves,” In view of the fact that slogans are and Poland third with 124,094 tons. These three countries, with less than a tenth of the world’s population, produce more than two-thirds of the world’s zinc, Four other countries: France, Ger- many, Canada and Tasmania produce 244,775 tons of zinc,—about a fifth of the total world production. Hence there are seven countries, with a very small fraction of the world’s total population, that produce almost the entire annual output of zinc. Zinc users, in all parts of the world, must turn to one a half dozen countries for their supplies. Pe ee re ame Not only is there a corner—but $20 for young workers. The young workers at the present timé have to work very long hours. The Commu- nist movement fights for the 6 hour day and 5 day week for young work- ers. The young workers are being perialist war. The Communist move- ment must fight against militariza- tion of the youth, The National Nom- inating Convention of the Workers (Communist) Party will have to adopt in its election program, planks dealing with the needs of the toiling youth, and mobilize them, around the jyouth demands of the Party and the |League. In that way, the Party will | jindicate that it fights for the en- \franchisement of the young workers lin deed and not merely in words. The! |Young Workers must also be shown jin their election struggle the need for a revolutionary fight against capital- ism and for the proletarian dictator- ship. The following resolution was pre- jsented by the Young Workers (Com- munist) League to the Labor Youth Conference called by the Brookwood the means whereby the various politi- cal parties make their approach to the masses, it is correct to consider the attitude displayed in formulating such slogans, as revealing the attitude of such political parties toward the masses, The contrast between bour- geois democracy and proletarian dem- ocracy is sharply exposed when we compare the character of bourgeois political slogans with those formu- lated by Lenin. The Revolutionary Slogan. Let us see what Lenin has to say on*the subject. In his article entitled, “Dispute Regarding Tactics, But Give Clear Slogans,” Lenin declares, “The party of the struggling class. must keep before its eyes the necessity of giving its political stand with the ut- most clearness on all concrete ques- tions in a manner which permits of no two-fold interpretation, Yes or no: shall we now, in this given sit- uation, do this or that, or not?” production is being steadily concen- trated. In 1913 the United States produced 82 per cent, of the world’s zine; in 1926 the United States pro- duced 54 per cent,—one nation with more than half the world’s total zine output. The international corner in zinc is paralleled by the zine corner in side the United States. “Mineral In- dustries” reports 80 smelters in 1926 under the control of twenty separate companies. As several of these com- panies ‘were closely connected, the United States zine industry\is in the hands of a very few powerful con- as militarized and prepared for an im-} Labor Conference, held at New York May 5-6 and unanimously adopted by the delegates representing 50 trade unions, Legislation for the Youth. WHEREAS: The. continuous in- troduction of labor-saving devices, so- called efficiency methods of the em- ployers, and the drive of the bosses to reduce the standard of living of the workers and smash the trade union movement, results in the steadily increasing influx of young workers and child laborers in the mines, mills and factories. WHEREAS: The bosses with the co-operation of the government take | advantage of the age of the young | laborers and their not being organized and make them work even longer |hours and under worse conditions than the adult workers do. WHEREAS: The bosses and the government completely and criminally disregard the special conditions that the young laborers need for their physical and mental development. WHEREAS: The existing legisla- tion for the so-called protection of It is evident that the underlying, motive behind the bourgeois political | slogan is diametrically different from! that behind the Bolshevik slogan. While bourgeois politicians seek ta) confuse the masses with certain catch- words concealing behind ambiguous phrases their real sinister purpose, Lenin utilizes the revolutionary slo- gan as a powerful stimulator of the masses, as a means of giving clear guidance and direction to the. masses For the accomplishment of certain specific tasks demanded by a particu- lar stage of the struggle against the exploiting class. Since the basis of the bourgeois slogan lies in the parti- cular class interests at a giver. mo- ment, it cannot therefore be at the same time other than a slogan direct- ed against the interests of the proie- tariat. The party of the revolution- ary proletariat must seek elsewhere the basis of its slogans. “Every sin- gle slogan,” says Lenin, “must be drawn from the totality of the par-| agreement: (1) users of zinc who must buy from abroad, across tariff walls and other restrictions; (2) the monopolists who are fearful lest someone should creep into their markets. The recent experience with price cartels beyond national (imperial) boundaries has not been encouraging. Tinperial ruling classes in the various imperial states have many causes for conflict; they lack any practicable means of enforcing agreements. Still they dare not go on without some agreement. Even the zinc producers of the United States, with more than minors only legalizes and encourages: the miserable conditions of the young: workers and child laborers. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That we go on record in favor of. vigorous campaign initiated by th trade urfons in cooperation with the, l labor movement for the passage ofl laws by the federal and state govern- ments for the protection of the lis) and health of the young workers, and be it further RESOLVED, that we favor the fol- lowing laws, to be sponsored by the! labor movement: Every young person 18 years of age and over be given a right to vote. Complete abolition of child labor. State maintenance of all children employed at present. $20 minimum wage. Abolition of night work, under- ground work, and work in dangerous industries. 4 An effective system of compensa- tion in the regulation of which young he Nominating Convention and Youth half of the industry, are willing world bat jover the socially workers are to participate. Four weeks’ vacation with pay. Slogans Play Important Role in the Class Struggle ticular peculiarities of a given poli- tical situation.” And further, “The; people must before all and most of! all, learn the truth, must know in whose hands the power of the state sig, lies. One must tell the people the entire truth.” i) Professor Cutten actually deserves | a unanimous vote of thanks for giv- ing us additional corroboration of Lenin’s significant analysis of bour- geois versus proletarian democracy, “By a thousand-and-one tricks the capitalists, in a bourgeois democracy —and these tricks are the more skill- ful and the more effective, the fur- ther ‘pure’ democracy has developed —keep the masses out of the admin- istration and frustrate the freedom of the press, the right of meeting, ete.... Proletarian democracy is a million times more democratic than any bourgeois democracy, and the’ Soviet regime is a million times more democratic than the most democratic regime in a bourgeois republic.” Uniting the World—Zinc Magnates Meet to Protect Their Monopoly The basis for world economy is be- ] ing laid by the capitalist: (1) Through a world wide scien- | tific method of tool production. (2) Through world wide marketing. (3) Through the organization of huge monopolies that. operate on toe world scale. Thus far the capitalists can go, but the next step they cannot take. cannot organize an effective economy because of the secti limited character of capitalism and ; the capitalist state. It remains for: — the workers to lay the basis effective world economy by productive the eastern part of Pennsylvania. This’ {) 4